A graduate student decides to replicate the famous Harlow experiment with infant monkeys. The monkeys are isolated from birth and are raised with either a cloth surrogate mother or a wire surrogate mother that provides nourishment. The student predicts that the infant monkeys will be attached to the cloth surrogate mother. This prediction is based on the concept of

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The concept of "contact comfort" is the basis for the prediction that infant monkeys will be attached to the cloth surrogate mother, as demonstrated in Harlow's experiments. These experiments showed that monkeys preferred the comfort of a soft, cloth-covered surrogate over a wire one, even when the wire surrogate provided nourishment, highlighting the importance of tactile comfort in attachment.

A Graduate Student Decides to Replicate the Famous Harlow Experiment